Sensory Field Modified sensory field with numerous stations to aid with sensory processing including Plinko board, sensory tactile and olfactory kits, and a boomwhackers xylophone Interactive Fine Motor Board Interactive board of items to improve fine motor skills including items actually used during Saddle Up! lessons Project Booklet A collection of tips for ensuring sustainability of project additions, instructions for maintenance as needed, and a list of ideas to be considered for future use. Enhancement of Saddle Up! Therapeutic Riding Program through Additions to Sensory Field and Creation of Interactive Fine Motor Board Madeline Reynolds, OTD/S Faculty Mentor: Debra Gibbs, EdD, OTR/L, CAPS, FAOTA Expert Mentor: Lindsey Wood, CTRS Extending a special thanks to: • Dr. Gibbs for her continuous support and guidance • Lindsey Wood, for welcoming me and supplying me with everything I needed to be successful • The Saddle Up! staff and volunteers for their support and shared passion for my project • The Saddle Up! participants for inspiring me daily and leaving me with some of my favorite memories from OT school • My Lord and Savior for instilling in me a passion for this profession and allowing me to apply my knowledge and skills to serve the Saddle Up! community Mission Saddle Up!’s mission is to provide children and youth with disabilities the opportunity to grow and develop through therapeutic, educational and recreational activities with horses (Saddle Up). Vision Saddle Up! seeks to be an essential community partner enriching the lives of children with disabilities through constantly improving the excellence and accessibility of the highest quality equine assisted activities (Saddle Up). Saddle Up! Programs Serves children with disabilities ages 4 through 18 Hippotherapy • Occupational, physical and speech therapists incorporating equine movement as a treatment strategy Adaptive Riding • PATH Int. certified instructors assisting children in mounted and unmounted horsemanship skills Equine Assisted Learning • 2 hour classes for groups of students learning unmounted horsemanship skills Equestrian Club • Higher level advanced horsemanship skills Interactive Vaulting • Performing movements on and around the horse while the horse is lunged in a circle Identified Needs Needs Assessment • Chart reviews of participants, interview with parents, and survey of therapists/instructors to determine specific sensory and fine motor needs of participants Facility/Program Additions • Increased opportunities for sensory experiences and developing fine motor skills throughout facilities Project Goals • Assess outdoor facilities and sensory field • Integrate best evidence and practices for incorporating sensory opportunities into programs • Develop interactive fine motor activity board • Create project booklet to encourage sustainability of program additions Outcomes/Deliverables Acknowledgements References Saddle Up! Therapeutic horseback riding program (2018). Retrieved from http://www.saddleupnashville.org Quality Assurance
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Sensory Field
Modified sensory field with numerous
stations to aid with sensory
processing including Plinko board,
sensory tactile and olfactory kits, and
a boomwhackers xylophone
Interactive Fine Motor Board
Interactive board of items to improve
fine motor skills including items
actually used during Saddle Up!
lessons
Project Booklet
A collection of tips for ensuring
sustainability of project additions,
instructions for maintenance as
needed, and a list of ideas to be
considered for future use.
Enhancement of Saddle Up! Therapeutic Riding Program
through Additions to Sensory Field and Creation of
Interactive Fine Motor BoardMadeline Reynolds, OTD/S
Faculty Mentor: Debra Gibbs, EdD, OTR/L, CAPS, FAOTA
Expert Mentor: Lindsey Wood, CTRS
Extending a special thanks to:
• Dr. Gibbs for her continuous
support and guidance
• Lindsey Wood, for welcoming
me and supplying me with
everything I needed to be
successful
• The Saddle Up! staff and
volunteers for their support and
shared passion for my project
• The Saddle Up! participants for
inspiring me daily and leaving
me with some of my favorite
memories from OT school
• My Lord and Savior for instilling
in me a passion for this
profession and allowing me to
apply my knowledge and skills
to serve the Saddle Up!
community
Mission
Saddle Up!’s mission
is to provide children
and youth with
disabilities the
opportunity to grow and
develop through
therapeutic, educational
and recreational
activities with horses
(Saddle Up).
Vision
Saddle Up! seeks to be
an essential community
partner enriching the
lives of children with
disabilities through
constantly improving
the excellence and
accessibility of the
highest quality equine
assisted activities
(Saddle Up).
Saddle Up! Programs
Serves children with disabilities
ages 4 through 18
Hippotherapy
• Occupational, physical and
speech therapists
incorporating equine
movement as a treatment
strategy
Adaptive Riding
• PATH Int. certified instructors
assisting children in mounted
and unmounted
horsemanship skills
Equine Assisted Learning
• 2 hour classes for groups of
students learning unmounted
horsemanship skills
Equestrian Club
• Higher level advanced
horsemanship skills
Interactive Vaulting
• Performing movements on
and around the horse while
the horse is lunged in a circle
Identified Needs
Needs Assessment
• Chart reviews of
participants, interview
with parents, and survey
of therapists/instructors
to determine specific
sensory and fine motor
needs of participants
Facility/Program Additions
• Increased opportunities
for sensory experiences
and developing fine
motor skills throughout
facilities
Project Goals
• Assess outdoor facilities and
sensory field
• Integrate best evidence and
practices for incorporating
sensory opportunities into
programs
• Develop interactive fine motor
activity board
• Create project booklet to
encourage sustainability of
program additions
Outcomes/Deliverables
Acknowledgements
References
Saddle Up! Therapeutic horseback
riding program (2018). Retrieved
from
http://www.saddleupnashville.org
Quality Assurance
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